This is a list of West Coast Conference champions in college baseball. The West Coast Conference is composed of nine schools, all of which participate in baseball, with each school playing all of the others in three-game series. Brigham Young University joined the league in 2012. From 1999 through 2005, the eight teams were divided into two divisions, with the winner of each meeting in a three-game championship series. Division were abolished beginning in 2006, but the championship series remained through the 2009 season with the top two teams from the regular season meeting. The league will begin a four team tournament in 2013, in anticipation of growing to a ten team conference when the University of the Pacific joins the league. The winner of the tournament will claim the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
The conference began sponsoring baseball under the name West Coast Athletic Conference in 1968 and crowned a champion each year through 1976. Beginning in 1977, the league joined with the Big West Conference for baseball, with competition in two separate conferences - the Northern California Baseball Association and the Southern California Baseball Association. This arrangement lasted through the 1984 season, when the league once again began sponsoring baseball for its members. In 1989, the conference shortened the name to West Coast Conference.
Champions
West Coast Athletic Conference Year Regular Season Champion Record 1968 20 15–5 1969 9 16–4 1970 14 19–2 1971 9 18–2 1972 20 13–5 1973 25 14–4 1974 24 15–3 1975 10 14–2 1976 16–2
Northern California Baseball Association Year Champion Record 1977 21 26–10 1978 23–8 1979 23–13 1980 24 31–3 1981 20 26–10 1982 13 30–626–10 1983 11 22–8 1984 14 28–2
Southern California Baseball Association Year Champion Record 1977 20 4 Cal State Los Angeles 17–7 1978 21 24–4 1979 1 Cal State Fullerton 23–4 1980 23 20–8 1981 9 22–6 1982 8 Cal State Fullerton 23–5 1983 20 13 22–6 1984 1 Cal State Fullerton 22–6
West Coast Athletic Conference/West Coast Conference Year Regular Season Champion Record Postseason Champion 1985 9 20–4 1986 6 14 19–5 1987 17 22–2 1988 12 19–4–1 1989 20–4 1990 25 25–9 1991 19 25–10 1992 1 Pepperdine 23–4 1993 16 24–6 1994 21–9 1995 19 23–3–1 1996 22–6 1997 19 23–5 1998 21–8 1999 19 (West) (Coast) 21–918–12 2000 (West) 24 (Coast) 22–822–8 2001 20 (West) (Coast) 25–517–13 2002 (Coast) (West) 18–1218–12 2003 (Coast) (West) 23–718–12 2004 (Coast) (West) 20–719–11 2005 (Coast) 23 (West) 18–1221–9 2006 30 15–6 2007 16 18–3 2008 17 16–5 2009 14–7 2010 19–2 No tournament held 2011 16–5 2012 28 16–8 2013 18–6 2014 11 18–9 2015 19–8 2016 BYU 18–9 2017 BYU 20–7 2018 Pepperdine 17–10 2019 BYU 19–8 2020 Season cancelled in March due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 25 20–7 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2022 12 20–7 2023 Loyola Marymount 21–6 2024 San Diego 20–4
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